Subject: Re: Airport and YDL? *newbie alert*
From: Josh Davidson (josdav@tfn.net)
Date: Mon Aug 28 2000 - 12:57:54 MDT
thanks andy. it seems my system is just completely misconfigured for
this... there *are* no references to eth0 in /etc/sysconfig or
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts.
i did the insmod command as you suggested. had to specifically designate
the path to airport.o. it didn't output anything after i issued the
command, which i took as a good sign (no news is good news...), but when i
tried to get the interface configured in linuxconf, it gave me this error:
can't probe current setup of network device airport.
no way to activate the network.
... so what am i missing? the ip, subnet, and gateway info is
correct. my airport card works and gets full signal in macos from this
same physical location. i've triple-checked the network name. i feel
like i must be missing something pretty basic, though. is there a good,
clear, idiot-friendly reference to linux networking anywhere on the
net? i used to think i was pretty smart, but linux has shown me otherwise.
=P
thanks,
--josh
On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Andrew Diller wrote:
> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:53:22 -0400
> From: Andrew Diller <dillera@isc.upenn.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Cc: josdav@tfn.net
> Subject: Re: Airport and YDL?
>
> as root:
>
> insmod airport network_name="the_network_name_i_put_in_airport"
>
> then make sure that all the refs to eth0 in /etc/sysconfig
> and /etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts
>
> are set up with the proper ip stuff, and reference not _eth0_ but _airport_.
>
> You should also copy /etc/sysconfig/eth0 to /etc/sysconfig/airport
>
> that should get you started.
>
> -andy
>
>
> Andrew Diller dillera@isc.upenn.edu
> Information Systems & Computing
> University of Pennsylvania
> x3-7360
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Josh Davidson" <josdav@tfn.net>
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 3:23 AM
> Subject: Airport and YDL?
>
>
> > I have a Pismo that I'm beginning to get working pretty well. It would
> help,
> > though, if I could access the internet from linux to get some of the files
> I
> > need. I have an airport-to-ethernet-to-DSL connection that works great for
> > the Pismo in MacOS mode, and works great for the other computers in my
> > office. But I can't figure out how to get airport working under linux. I
> > have BenH's 2.2.17pre13 kernel and the airport.o file is in /lib/modules.
> > what do I do next? and how can I see if it's working? Is there an airport
> > signal status monitor for linux? one that works on the console (until I
> get
> > X working)?
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Josh
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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